I have been using Chinese Android phones for many years now, 15 years if not more from Xiaomi to Huawei and currently Vivo. All these phones stand the test of time without any issue. The phones are only upgraded either because the speed is too slow or laggy, or certain apps don't work anymore due to the outdated system. My Huawei Mate 20X was thrown by my mischievous 2-year old niece high up into the air and landed on tile or concrete floor more than 100 times, not a scratch to the phone and it still works like normal. It had a protective case on it though so that would have helped. The Huawei was replaced by a Vivo earlier this year as Air Selangor 2.0 app couldn't work with the phone anymore.

No green lines on the screen though i noticed a colleague also had this green lines on the phone, not too sure if it's a Samsung as I didn't ask.

This post has been edited by ryder_78: Nov 29 2025, 10:45 AM

It will depend on the individual on how important is resale value of a phone. To me I don't look at resale value as the phone will either be discarded or given away to small kids (if they are still working) when I upgrade to a new phone. Anyway it's not frequent for me to upgrade phones and based on the longevity of the phone and my usage pattern, it's usually ~5 years on average the phones are upgraded, and by that time the phone is considered worthless even though it may be a flagship during its time.

Good to know that the iPhone has good resale value even for a relatively old 5-year model. Anyway all the Android phones I have are not expensive. The old phones are all below RM2k, and the latest Vivo although MSRP was about 4.8k I bought if for only RM2.2k.

It's the Vivo X90 Pro. I actually bought 2 units, one for ~2.3k and another one for 2.2k for my mother after about 2 months when the price dropped further. Brand New from official Vivo store on Lazada. During sales period the promotion vouchers are very high, 7 July, 8 August, 9 September etc.

The X100 Pro was already selling for almost 1 year while the X90 Pro stock is still available and being cleared at rock bottom prices. There are few who bought it at slightly below 2k later through the months until all are out of stock.

This post has been edited by ryder_78: Nov 30 2025, 11:03 AM